Box Score
ERIE, Pa. -- The Washington & Jefferson College men's tennis team dropped their first match of the spring season by a 7-2 margin to host Penn State Behrend Saturday.
W&J dropped two of the three doubles matches. The Presidents lone win in the doubles category was a tight victory by the freshman
Jackson Akers (Logan, W. Va. / Logan) and
Connor Simms (Canonsburg, Pa. / Canon McMillan) who picked up an 8-7 win over Mitchell May and Cody Jaconski at the second doubles slot.
The sole win for the Presidents in singles was by Simms in a tiebreaker in the sixth spot. Simms won by a 6-3 score in the first set against Chris Pham of the Lions. Pham then took the second set by a 6-4 margin. Simms edged Pham by an 11-9 score in the third set tiebreaker.
W&J travels to Pitt-Greensburg on Saturday, March 4. First Serve is scheduled for 1 p.m.
Singles Competition
1. Ratvik Nadikude (BEHM) def.
Jackson Akers (WJC) 6-0, 6-0
2. Jonathon Laier (BEHM) def.
Alex Duing (WJC) 6-0, 6-2
3. Mitchell May (BEHM) def.
Abhinav Yarramaneni (WJC) 6-0, 6-4
4. Mason Harbaugh (BEHM) def.
Nate Clarke (WJC) 6-1, 7-5
5. Cody Jaconski (BEHM) def.
Nolan Rehrig (WJC) 6-2, 6-3
6.
Connor Simms (WJC) def. Chris Pham (BEHM) 6-3, 4-6, 11-9
Doubles Competition
1. Ratvik Nadikude / Jonathon Laier (BEHM) def.
Abhinav Yarramaneni/
Alex Duing (WJC) 8-2
2.
Jackson Akers /
Connor Simms (WJC) def. Mitchell May/ Cody Jaconski (BEHM) 8-7
3. Mason Harbaugh / Evan Dean (BEHM) def.
Nolan Rehrig /
Nate Clarke (WJC) 8-4
